Lord Privy Seal
E7844
The Lord Privy Seal is a senior ministerial office in the British government, historically responsible for the monarch’s privy seal but now largely a sinecure often combined with other cabinet duties.
All labels observed (7)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cabinet position
ⓘ
government office ⓘ ministerial office ⓘ |
| advisedBy |
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
British monarch
ⓘ
surface form:
Monarch of the United Kingdom
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
can be used to give cabinet rank to a minister without a departmental portfolio
ⓘ
no specific departmental responsibilities in the modern era ⓘ often held concurrently with Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ sometimes held concurrently with Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ |
| hasCurrentRole |
largely sinecure cabinet office
ⓘ
often combined with other ministerial duties ⓘ |
| hasDuty | custody of the monarch’s privy seal ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFunction |
authentication of royal documents with the privy seal
ⓘ
management of the privy seal ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | officer responsible for the privy seal of the sovereign ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
great office of state (historically classified)
ⓘ
senior ministerial office ⓘ |
| hasStyle | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| hasTitleForm |
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (historical variant)
ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal self-link ⓘ |
| inception | 14th century ⓘ |
| isPositionHeldBy | member of the House of Lords or House of Commons ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Cabinet
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
|
| officeHoldersInclude |
Anthony Eden
ⓘ
Baroness Stowell of Beeston ⓘ
surface form:
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Baroness Stowell of Beeston ⓘ Clement Attlee ⓘ David Lidington ⓘ Harold Macmillan ⓘ John Major ⓘ Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park ⓘ Penny Mordaunt ⓘ William Hague ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Cabinet
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United Kingdom
|
| relatedTo |
Lord Chancellor of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Chancellor
Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord President of the Council ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Privy seal ⓘ |
| seat |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| usedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
|
Referenced by (165)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence)
→
positionHeld
→
Lord Privy Seal
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
this entity surface form:
King’s Principal Secretary
subject surface form:
William Pitt the Elder
subject surface form:
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
subject surface form:
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form:
Office of the Privy Seal
subject surface form:
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
subject surface form:
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
subject surface form:
Anthony Eden
this entity surface form:
Lord Privy Seal of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
subject surface form:
Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood